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Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, England, talks with Pope Francis as the arrive for the concluding session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 18. At right is Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, general secretary of the Synod of Bishops. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
“Creating space for a variety of pastoral responses is not decentralization. It’s a response to the realities in which people live.”
Pope Francis approaches priests with an Argentine flag as he arrives in St. Peter's Square for his inaugural Mass at the Vatican on March 19, 2013. (Photo courtesy of Reuters/Stefano Rellandini)
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Veronica Engler - Religion News Service
Francis has not been back once since he became pope four years ago. It’s not as though there haven’t been good reasons to come
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
How many deaths will it take to end for-profit prisons?
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
Preserving an absolute right to abortion does not justify pre-emptive opposition to a Supreme Court nominee.
In this Jan. 21, 2017 file photo, Gloria Steinem, center right, greets protesters at the barricades before speaking at the Women's March on Washington during the first full day of Donald Trump's presidency, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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Errin Haines Whack - Associated Press
"A Day Without a Woman" is the first major action by organizers since the nationwide marches held the day after President Donald Trump's inauguration.
A Republican mural in West Belfast on March 2. A historic vote has upended the political landscape in Northern Ireland. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Rhona Tarrant
For the first time since the partition of Ireland, Unionists are not in a majority in Stormont, where Northern Ireland’s parliament meets.